Anyone internal know what's going on? We started seeing GAM not returning responses about an hour ago, yet their status page and accounts were silent till 10 minutes ago.
I've been using ad blockers for many years, so for me it's the opposite: it would be extremely strange and unsettling seeing any ads on my own devices at all.
All these flashing and moving gizmos and pop up videos. It's so jarring, like having a flashlight flickered in your face constantly.
I have honestly no idea how people manage to work the web without adblock nowadays.
- Lack of experience or awareness that running an ad blocker isn't something weird or niche, but is in fact basic hygiene when on-line.
- Sites that ask, demand, beg or cajole visitors into turning your ad blocker off, many of which provide detailed instructions aimed at non-technical people; your mom may have needed something from one of such sites, and didn't bother or remember to turn the adblocker back on. If I were to bet, I'd pick a link to an interesting article on a news site that employs this technique.
- Perhaps your mom uses one of those cashback extensions to get some money back when shopping on-line? They're somewhat popular and regularly advertised by vloggers and influencers. Disabling ad blocker is AFAIK necessary - for technical reasons - for the service to award you cashback.
My wife uses one of those cashback services, but we did some research on their inner workings and business model first, to be sure she's taking advantage of it, instead of being taken advantage of herself. And she follows a strict routine: she disables uBlock before visiting a participating e-commerce store, does the purchase, and re-enables it immediately afterwards.
— Nah I'm fine.
I was watching live TV, and he just randomly started screaming at me
I was like "Why the hell are you screaming, kid?" and it turned out it was because the TV was so loud and obnoxious
Turned out he managed to go 10 years without watching ad-infested live TV!
Grad student, so mostly I use Fortran so it’ll plug into my professor’s code more easily, haha.
No complaints, though. It is a fine language.